Although the 36th Division built thickened reinforced concrete bunkers and gun towers.
But Jingguan Ren knows very well that there is no unbreakable fortress in this world.
The Eighth Route Army had been fighting against the Japanese blockade for a long time, and it was unique in its combat experience in bunkers and gun towers.
As the ace unit of the Eighth Route Army, the New Regiment is equipped with mountain artillery and howitzers, making it more powerful in attacking difficult situations.
If the new regiment does not spare the lives of artillery shells and soldiers, it will be able to break through such a gun tower.
Ishikawa Harishui sounded quite confident: "There are more than 10,000 people in the new regiment. Even if all the artillery shells are fired and all the soldiers are fired, it will not be possible to remove all the bunkers and gun towers."
Jingguan Ren let out a long sigh of relief, and the stone in his heart finally fell.
Li Yunlong and Xinyi Tuan put a lot of pressure on him.
In just over a month after arriving in northwest Shanxi, the 36th Division lost more than 3,000 soldiers.
The 36th Division fought against the Central Army in southern Shanxi for two years without losing so many soldiers.
In Jingguan Ren's view, in a frontal battle, the combat effectiveness of the 36th Division is not inferior to that of the New Regiment.
However, the New Regiment did not engage in a decisive battle with the 36th Division, and Commander Yoshio Iwamatsu strictly ordered the 36th Division to take the initiative, so it was so passive.
In addition, the new regiment was well equipped, and more than 100 people were lost if they were not careful.
If there were another wave, he might end up as the division commander.
Fortunately, Commander Yoshio Iwamatsu persuaded Commander Neiji Okamura to allocate a large amount of steel bars and cement to build stronger bunkers and gun towers.
Jingguan Ren asked: "Ishikawa-kun, when the fortifications were being built recently, did the new regiment send a small force to harass them?"
"Reporting to the division commander, the new regiment did not send small troops to harass!"
Ishikawa Zishui guessed: "I guess Li Yunlong is thinking that after the imperial army repairs the artillery towers and bunkers, he will send out troops to destroy the imperial army's artillery towers and bunkers."
"Hmph!" Jingguan Ren snorted coldly and said, "This is best. After these bunkers and gun towers are repaired, Li Yunlong and his new regiment can taste the power of the imperial army!"
If the new group adopts the same tactics as the previous two, it will definitely suffer.
Dozens or hundreds of companies attacked hundreds of bunkers and gun towers at the same time, but they were unable to defeat them.
But it is obviously unrealistic to rely on these bunkers and gun towers to create a new group.
Because Li Yunlong was not a fool, after the Eighth Route Army soldiers attacked some artillery towers and bunkers, they realized that these bunkers and gun towers were a tough nut to crack, and would definitely give up the attack by then.
However, Jingguan Ren did not want to rely on these bunkers and gun towers to create a new group.
Now the task of the 36th Division is how to hold on until the big sweep begins under the attack of the new regiment and preserve more troops to cooperate with other divisions in the sweep.
"What a pity!" Ishikawa Chisui said, "The New Regiment defended the base area too tightly. After our intelligence personnel entered the base area, it was as if they were lost in the sea. It was difficult to send out information. So how many troops did the New Regiment have? When did they start taking action?
We all know nothing..."
"Ishikawa-kun, you really reminded me."
Jingguan Ren said in a deep voice: "My fishing plan failed last time. It was probably because the intelligence was leaked."
"Your Excellency, Division Commander." Ishikawa Zhi Shui said, "Do you suspect that... there are intelligence agents from the Eighth Route Army hiding in the county, and that Li Yunlong knew about the imperial army's troop deployment in advance?"
"That's right!" Jingguan Ren nodded, "The New Regiment just occupied Heyuan, Ping'an and Anhua counties not long ago. They must have left intelligence personnel behind when they retreated, and they probably have radio stations."
The main roads and highways from the county seat to the Xinyi Regiment base area have been blocked.
Regarding the mobilization of the Japanese troops, if the intelligence personnel of the New Regiment did not have radio stations, the information would definitely not be sent out.
Jing Guanren said: "Also, when we attacked Dagu Town on the day we arrived in northwest Shanxi last time, the new regiment seemed to know in advance that the 36th Regiment and the 36th Regiment of the Mountain Artillery were going to attack Dagu Town, so they made preparations in advance.
We are well prepared for defense, isn’t this suspicious?”
"The division commander is indeed very suspicious!" Ishikawa Jisui said, "It seems that Li Yunlong has indeed placed intelligence personnel in the county."
"Ishikawa-kun!" Jingguan Ren's eyes narrowed: "Immediately after returning to the county town, I applied to the intelligence department of the headquarters to deploy a radio reconnaissance vehicle to monitor the Eighth Route Army radio signals. We must dig out the underground party lurking in the county town."
"Hi!" Ishikawa said after a while.
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"Based on information."
"The 36th Regiment of the Japanese Army is stationed in Anhua County, the 3rd Regiment is stationed in Ping'an County, and the 4th Regiment and the Mountain Artillery Regiment are stationed in Heyuan County."
At the headquarters of the New Regiment in Zhaojiayu, Wang Dehou pointed to the map and said.
Regiment leader Li Yunlong, political commissar Zhao Gang, and deputy commander Xing Zhiguo were also there to discuss the battle plan.
Wang Dehou continued to introduce the current enemy situation: "In addition, judging from the number of enemies wiped out, the No. 1 regiment suffered the most serious losses. First, we killed a brigade in Dagu Town, and we killed hundreds of people in two night raids.
It is estimated that only half of the No. 1 regiment is left."
"The 3rd Wing and the 4th Wing each lost about 700 people."
"The current strength of the 36th Division's combat troops is approximately 7,000."
Li Yunlong nodded and said: "You only counted the combat troops, and they are all infantry. What about the Japanese support troops, artillery troops and puppet troops?"
Wang Dehou said casually: "The 36th Division is a three-unit B-level division. The combat troops of the three regiments are about 10,000 people. The engineering regiment, the baggage regiment, the artillery regiment and the logistics troops have a combined strength of 1,000 people.
, adding the logistics troops and artillery, the 36th Division still has 10,000 troops, plus the 7th Mixed Brigade of the puppet army, the total strength is 10,000 troops."
Total strength 10,000?
After hearing this data, Zhao Gang and Xing Zhiguo showed a solemn look on their faces.
If it were a field battle, the new regiment would have an advantage in both strength and firepower.
But this time the Japanese and puppet troops were huddled in the county town, fighting tough battles and street battles, and most of the troops in the new regiment were recruits who had just joined the army for more than a month and had never fought in a major battle.
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Although the new group has advantages, they are not big.
If the new regiment loses too much and becomes weak due to eating the 36th Division.
Then once the Japanese attack the base area, big problems will arise.
Li Yunlong nodded and said: "So, the issue we have to consider now is how to kill the 36th Division with the minimum cost of casualties."
Wang Dehou analyzed: "The enemy seems to have a lot of troops, but there are only 7,000 combat troops. In the next battle to attack the artillery towers and bunkers, if conservatives can kill a thousand Japanese soldiers, then the Japanese combat troops will only be left."
There are 000 people, and there are also logistics troops. The puppet army has a total of 8,000 people."
"These 13,000 people seem to have a lot of troops, but they are actually distributed in the three counties of Heyuan, Ping'an and Anhua. Moreover, most of the troops are puppet troops and logistics personnel, and their combat effectiveness is not strong."
"I think that if we adopt the tactic of dividing and encircling each other and defeating them one by one, we will have a chance to defeat the 36th Division."
Li Yunlong nodded slightly.
During this period, Li Yunlong thought of three combat plans in total.
The first battle plan was to divide, encircle, and defeat them one by one. That is, after taking down all the Japanese bunkers and artillery towers outside the county town, the three county towns were surrounded.
Then they concentrated their superior forces and attacked one county after another.
The advantage of this tactic is that it can take advantage of the new regiment's strength and firepower advantages.
The disadvantage is that if troops and firepower are concentrated to attack one county, the Japanese and puppet troops in the other two counties will easily break through and escape.
Moreover, the combat time span is relatively large, and it is likely that it will last until the Japanese reinforcements arrive.
The second combat plan was for the New Regiment to cause friction with the 38th Regiment of the Shanxi-Sui Army, and then develop into a war between the two sides.
Giving the Japanese an opportunity to catch the cicada and the oriole behind, attract the Japanese to be fooled, and gather the main force of the Japanese to annihilate them in the wild.
But the Japanese may not be fooled, and Li Yunlong doesn't want to cooperate with Chu Yunfei. This guy is always thinking about his American equipment.
Li Yunlong has other helpers. Are Ding Wei's New Second Regiment and Kong Jie's Independent Regiment not more powerful than Chu Yunfei's 38th Regiment?
The third battle plan is to encircle the point and provide reinforcements.
Li Yunlong told Wang Dehou the shortcomings of dividing the siege and defeating them one by one, and proposed a plan to encircle the points and mobilize reinforcements.
The core of the plan is for the new regiment to concentrate superior troops and firepower to storm Heyuan County.
Heyuan County is the headquarters of the 36th Division. Once Heyuan County is violently attacked, the Japs in Ping'an County and Anhua County will definitely try their best to provide reinforcements.
This gave the Eighth Route Army the opportunity to annihilate the main Japanese forces in the other two counties in the wild.
Once the main force of the Japanese was wiped out in the wild, there were not many Japanese and puppet garrison troops in Ping'an County and Anhua County, so these two counties would be easily accessible.
In the end, all we need to do is concentrate our troops and firepower to capture Heyuan County.
Zhao Gang, Xing Zhiguo and Wang Dehou all agreed with this combat plan.
Zhao Gang raised a question and said: "We also have to consider the Japanese reinforcements. The Japanese 41st Division in Taiyuan, the 1st Cavalry Brigade, the 37th Division in Yangquan, the 3rd Brigade in Datong, and the Japanese Army in Mongolia.
The legion may be reinforced, and these factors must be taken into consideration, and corresponding emergency plans must be formulated."
Li Yunlong had already taken these issues into consideration and said: "We can apply for the headquarters to transfer troops from southeastern Shanxi to the north and formulate a posture to attack the 37th Division and Taiyuan."
"In this way, the Japanese will not dare to send out all their troops for reinforcements."
"According to intelligence, the Japanese 3rd Brigade has not yet been replenished after losing 3,000 people in Baozi Mountain. At most, it can only dispatch one regiment of troops."
"As for the troops stationed in Mongolia further north, as long as we move quickly enough, by the time the Japanese arrive, the battle will be over."
Zhao Gang said: "So, we must win this battle quickly!"
Li Yunlong nodded and said: "According to the information from the county seat, in addition to building thick and reinforced bunkers and gun towers outside the county seat, the Japanese are also reinforcing city walls and building barricades and other thickened fortifications inside the county seat. It is clear that they are defending the city.
To prepare for city and street fighting, in addition to a quick victory, this battle must be launched as soon as possible!"
Xing Zhiguo asked: "Commander, when are you going to launch a battle?"
Li Yunlong's tone was unyielding and fierce: "When the Japanese build more than 100 thickened bunkers and gun towers, that's when the battle will begin!"